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Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get?

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It’s an age-old scenario: You’re building a company, you have a product idea, and you’ve got the framework laid out in your head, but you want some expert advice and guidance on how to take the next steps. Project Manager Dice Holdings Software Engineer, Python, YouTube Google/YouTube Web Developer Yelp Inc.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. There’s a spectrum from descriptive names which speak directly to a product benefit or attribute, to empty vessel names, where it doesn’t mean anything about the product that we’re talking about.&# My company name is forever!

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Lessons Learned: Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile

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Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. They work hard to keep their house in order at all times, and there are strict rules and guidelines in place that prevent engineers and teams from doing things their own way. Focus on launching.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

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As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. Vox's Jim Bankoff To Hit Disrupt NY. Quora Steals John Hegeman From Facebook. First Hands-On With The Incident Tech GTar. Google Crashes Facebook Home's Easy. EA's Internal Memo On The Layoffs. Parse Is Facebook's Answer To Android.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. There are multiple approaches you can take to staffing when it comes to IT projects. All Rights Reserved.

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Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview

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The technical interview is at the heart of these challenges when building a product development team, and so I thought it deserved an entire post on its own. For software engineers, I think this absolutely has to be a programming problem solved on a whiteboard. I have found this quite rare in engineers.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#